Norwegian subs during the Cold War

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (E2R) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:01:03 GMT

" Had the Dutch subs operated up north, say the Norwegian or Barents Sea, during the Cold War?"

I know for certain that the old boats were capable of operating more northernly than 70N. But keep in mind that the Dutch boats primairly would have used Faslane as home base in case of a Cold War, so for GIUK ASW-patrols a Dutch SSK would have been positioned in a favourable position for permanent layers (for example: look to the contours of the waters around the Faereor)...

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (Kenneth Boe) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:05:53 GMT

They used to spend the weekends in Tromsoe, Hammerfest, Kirkenes, Vardoe or Vadsoe.

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (becksh) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:18:19 GMT

Many thanks for the reply.

The Barents Sea must have been a 'target-rich' environment for the Kobben class submarines, although snorkeling there could have been dangerous I guess.
BTW, where did the sub crew spend the weekend ashore during the 5-week patrol?

Cheers,
Sunho

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (Kenneth Boe) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:38:03 GMT

So, did the Norwegian navy submarines practice operations against Russian nuclear submarines during the Cold War?

Most of the Norwegian submarine operations from the cold war is still classified, probably because they are still doing some of the same operations today, but the answer is most likely yes. The Barents Sea was the Kobben class primary area of operation, beside costal operations. A typical Kobben mission during the cold war was transit from the main naval base in Bergen...

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (becksh) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:25:59 GMT

Thanks a million for the reply. It really helps.
Had the Dutch subs operated up north, say the Norwegian or Barents Sea, during the Cold War?

Kind regards,
Sunho

Re: Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (E2R) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:05:02 GMT

I am wondering if any Western navy had ever contemplated an anti-nuclear submarine role for its conventional submarines.

According to the book "Klaar voor Onderwater" which conmemorates the 100yrs of Dutch Submarines, from 1954 on the Dutch submarines were part of the NATO Fishplay exercises executed by US and UK ASW-assets. These Fishplay exercises were meant to practise how to capture Soviet subs which tried to reach the SLOC (sea...

Norwegian subs during the Cold War

feeds@yuku.com (becksh) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:22:11 GMT

Hello all,

I am wondering if any Western navy had ever contemplated an anti-nuclear submarine role for its conventional submarines.

The navies of the UK, Netherlands and Norway had diesel/electric submarines and their main operational areas were the Norwegian Sea, North Sea and GIUK gap AFAIK (not sure about the Barents Sea). My speculation is that the Norwegian navy's diesel/electric boats could have had a fair chance of meeting Russian nuclear ones.

So, did...